EoPlex Technologies CEO Presents at the Advanced Software Technology and Mechatronics Research Institute of Kyoto
Redwood City, CA – September 21, 2007 - Arthur L. Chait, CEO of EoPlex Technologies Inc., presented a guest lecture at the Advanced Software Technology and Mechatronics Research Institute of Kyoto, Japan. Chait spoke on the application of advanced materials technology to create miniature devices.
The Advanced Software Technology and Mechatronics Research Institute of Kyoto (ASTEM) deals with a broad diversity of projects with the aim of linking industry and academia in order to develop science and technology.
Chait, who is a former Senior Vice President of Solectron Corporation, gave a detailed exposition of the EoPlex manufacturing technique. He explored various applications including energy harvesting devices, fuel cell components, wireless sensors and thermal energy management devices.
Chait lectured on the disruptive, EoPlex platform technology that builds complex, components on a small, customizable scale. He described how the EoPlex technique enables manufacturing of complex miniature mechanical, electronic, fluidic and chemical components in high volume production and at low cost.
EoPlex this year won the Frost & Sullivan Technology of the Year Award in Specialized Manufacturing and was named by Gartner Group to its "Cool Vendor" list. Recently, the company won the GoingGreen designation among Top 100 Private Companies because its products will make a positive impact on the environment.
About the Advanced Software and Mechatronics Research Institute - Designed to contribute toward developing the economic circle of Kyoto, promoting regional industry and advancing science and technology, ASTEM was inaugurated in 1988 by Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, and local industry centering on the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry. These founders include universities in the Kansai Region centering on Kyoto University as an advanced institute for technological development. Since then, ASTEM has established a network with industry, academia and the public through participation in various R&D projects and businesses. ASTEM has undertaken R&D, as well as technical and general support for developing technology-based new businesses in a wide range of fields, from software to mechatronics, (mechanical electronics), nanotechnology and biotechnology. For more information, visit http://www.astem.or.jp/english/index.html.
About EoPlex Technologies, Inc. - EoPlex Technologies, Inc. produces components using innovative deposition techniques based on custom printing equipment and proprietary "inks" that carry ceramic, metallic or polymer materials to millions of locations. This allows the manufacture of components with integrated chambers, channels, sensors, circuits, reactors, energy scavengers, and other features. Many parts are created simultaneously in large panels and the only tooling required is low-cost printing masks. As a result, there is great flexibility to change designs quickly, allowing fast time to market and even modifications during full production runs. EoPlex is a privately held company based in Redwood City, CA and is backed by ATA Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Labrador Ventures, and Draper-Richards.